In 1857, James Buchanan was inaugurated as the 15th president on March 4.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the next president. In 1861-1865, the Civil War broke out: a conflict between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) over the expansion of slavery into western states. Homestead Act became law, allowing settlers to claim lthe and after they had lived on it for five years. Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Washington, DC, and succeeded by his vice president, Andrew Johnson.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, prohibiting slavery.
James Buchanan
In 1857, James Buchanan was inaugurated as the 15th president on March 4.Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the next president. In 1861-1865, the Civil War broke out: a conflict between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) over the expansion of slavery into western states. Homestead Act became law, allowing settlers to claim lthe and after they had lived on it for five years. Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Washington, DC, and succeeded by his vice president, Andrew Johnson.The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, prohibiting slavery.
American history